What 100 years of city change tells us about the future

Acting Chief Executive Andrew Carter writes in LGC about our new Century of Cities report and the lessons 100 years of history hold for UK cities.

Press release published on 1 April 2015 by Andrew Carter

One of the most striking findings of our recent report, A Century of Cities, is that it has been cities’ inability to support job creation in new knowledge-based industries, rather than the decline of more traditional industries, that has determined their economic performance today.

 

Read the rest of the article in LGC (£)